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I think you should talk to more people who aren't on the mathy side of nerdiness. And try to really relate with them. You're not wrong, but it's hard not to fe
by sillysaurusx 6y ago
I think you should talk to more people who aren't on the mathy side of nerdiness. And try to really relate with them.
You're not wrong, but it's hard not to feel bad for people who bucket others into such confining batches. You'll miss out on so many friendships if you think that way.
There's no special insight needed for being able to appreciate good company, or to play guitar together. And I think a good guitarist can explore as many interesting facets of the world as the best mathematician. Complex numbers to a guitarist may as well be frets on a fretboard to a quant who doesn't play.
- WalterSear 6y agoI'm a former professional musician and guitarist, whose music has been heard by millions of people, and now a principal software engineer. IMHO, you have it backwards: the best guitarists explore as many interesting facets of the world as a good mathematician.
- sillysaurusx 6y ago(Cool! Also, I'm a bit confused, because that sounds like exactly what I said. Though I like yours better, since it quantifies "best guitarist" rather than "good guitarist".)
- souprock 6y agoThe sound of a plucked guitar string probably ought to be expressed with chiplets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirplet_transform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirplet_transform You could also use a physics-based model. That has lots of math, including calculus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_vibration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_vibration I'm not sure what it takes to appreciate good company, but graph theory and statistics seem likely. You'd have to model the social network somehow. Facebook and Twitter would know more.
- posterboy 6y agoThe social graph for the company of a single person will have a very low degree. I don't think you can do much statistics with it?